Create a shortcut

This is a discussion on Create a shortcut within the Windows Programming forums, part of the Platform Specific Boards category; hey, is it possible to create a program that can make shortcuts? i want to have an optional installer, but ...

Create a shortcut

hey, is it possible to create a program that can make shortcuts? i want to have an optional installer, but i dont want to use someone else's software to do so because i know how to create dir's and copy files, the only thing i'm unaware of is how i would go about creating shortcuts.. so if anyone knew, thatd be sweet. i want it for a yahtzee program i wrote which can be downloaded from my computerhttp://willc0de4food.is-a-geek.com/downloads.php
or from my angelfire sitehttp://www.angelfire.com/droid/willc0de4food
if anyones curious